Postgraduate research opportunities : Particle Physics, Accelerator Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quantum Materials and Technologies
The Department of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London is holding a PhD Open Event on Zoom on Wednesday 4 December 2024 with presentations, a live tour and the opportunity to chat with potential supervisors and current PhD students.
To find out more please register to attend our online Open Event on Wednesday 4 December 2024 from 14:00 to 16:00.
Research at the Royal Holloway Centre for Particle Physics and Astronomy includes:
- Experimental Particle Physics (ATLAS Experiment at the LHC)
- Theoretical Particle Physics (Astroparticle Physics (Beyond the Standard Model physics, Dark Matter, Early Universe Cosmology and Quantum Sensors for Fundamental Physics.); Collider Phenomenology (Precision Calculations))
- Searches for Dark Matter (liquid xenon and liquid helium detectors)
- Neutrino Oscillations Physics (T2K at J-PARC and DUNE at Sanford Lab)
- Accelerator Science (light sources, diagnostics, beam dynamics and simulations)
- Gravitational-wave Astronomy (black hole and neutron star collisions, LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
- Cosmology (weak lensing with optical galaxy surveys, ESA Euclid mission)
- Massive stars to supernovas (JWST, The Liverpool Telescope)
The Centre plays a leading role in international collaborations based at facilities such as CERN (Switzerland), J-PARC (Japan) and Sanford Lab (USA). The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science includes long-term projects at many of the world’s leading high energy physics laboratories including CERN, KEK (Japan), SLAC and Fermilab (USA), DESY (Germany), Daresbury Lab and Diamond (UK).
Research in Quantum Materials and Technologies at Royal Holloway includes:
- Nanophysics and Nanotechnology, Quantum Devices (metallic nanostructures, superconducting nano circuits and devices)
- Quantum Fluids and Solids: London Low Temperature Laboratory (helium systems: solid, supersolid, 2D quantum fluids, superfluid optomechanic, and strongly correlated electronic systems, operating at micro Kelvin)
- Quantum Matter (magnetic monopoles, quantum criticality and superconductivity, thermoelectrics and battery materials)
- Hubbard Theory Consortium (strongly correlated theory in dynamical mean field theory, correlated electron systems, cold atoms and quantum many-body non-equilibrium physics)
Major internationally leading facilities at RHUL for this research include the SuperFab nanofabrication centre, the Materials Discovery Laboratory, and the London Low Temperature Laboratory. Staff and students have access to collaborations at major UK and international facilities including the nearby ISIS and Diamond (X-ray, neutron scattering).
Opportunities for Masters and PhD training are available in all of the above areas. PhD studentships are available. The Rutherford prize is awarded by the Centre for Particle Physics and Astronomy to an outstanding incoming student.
